Rhododiscus P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1859

Holotype species: Rhododiscus pulcherrimus P.Crouan & H.Crouan

Currently accepted name for the type species: Atractophora hypnoides P.Crouan & H.Crouan

Original publication and holotype designation: Crouan, P.L. & Crouan, H.M. (1859). Notice sur quelques espèce et genres nouveaux d'algues marines de la Rade de Brest. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Quatrième série 12: 288-292, pls 21, 21.

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Description: Noncalcareous, somewhat mucilaginous crust. Basal layer monostromatic, of branched, radiating filaments, each cell giving rise to one or two cells that form coherent, short, mostly unbranched erect filaments. Cell fusions and rhizoids absent. Female and male reproductive structures undescribed. Tetrasporangia in sori: cruciate, attached basally, terminal on erect filaments; sterile filaments absent. Spore germination: diprotocellular type. Tetraspores growing into gametophytes of Atractophora hypnoides Crouan et Crouan (Maggs et al., 1983).

Information kindly contributed by S.C. Lindstrom but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Atractophora.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Schneider, C.W. & Wynne, M.J. (2007). A synoptic review of the classification of red algal genera a half a century after Kylin's "Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen". Botanica Marina 50: 197-249.

Comments: Subtidal. British Isles and northern France.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024